At 8:13 a.m. on Balfour Road, tit was reported someone used a person's debt card information to make multiple purchases on the East Coast. DRUNK IN PUBLIC -- At noon on Cornsilk Court, it was reported someone was running down the street with no shirt on.
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The California Highway Patrol shut down a stretch of Marsh Creek Road after a person was severely injured in a rollover crash Monday evening. A pickup truck overturned around 4:58 p.m. on Marsh Creek Road, near the Clayton-Brentwood border, said CHP Officer Kevin Bartlett.
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A motorcyclist suffered major injuries and was airlifted to a hospital after crashing in an unincorporated part of the city Tuesday night, fire officials said. Authorities believe the motorcyclist may have slid on oil in the roadway, causing the bike to go down at Orwood and Bixler roads, Battalion Chief Brian Helmick said.
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If baking layered rainbow cakes topped with clouds of buttercream frosting and sugar sprinkles in Mason jars will turn children into lifelong cooks, then that is what local chef Marta Montgomery will teach them. At Montgomery's Bake It In a Jar class for kids, seven children learned how to sift their ingredients, separate eggs, measure and scrape.
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City leaders agreed this week to ask local voters to approve a utility users tax on the November ballot to pay for the opening of two additional Brentwood fire stations and improve response times for fire and medical services citywide. The City Council unanimously agreed to seek this new tax revenue along with using existing city funds to lessen the tax burden and financial impact on local residents.
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If baking layered rainbow cakes topped with clouds of butter cream frosting and sugar sprinkles in Mason jars will turn children into lifelong cooks then that is what local chef Marta Montgomery will teach them. At Montgomery's Bake It In a Jar class for kids, seven children learned how to sift their ingredients, separate eggs, measure and scrape.
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It's not often that owls and lions get together, but that's what happened recently when Mary Casey Black Elementary students were treated to a show of art. Led by Sandy Chaput, a group of Liberty High students painted owls -- the Brentwood school's mascot -- on the playground walls.
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Transportation officials and government leaders Wednesday celebrated the end of six years of work to alleviate the frustration of East Contra Costa drivers stuck in the commuting purgatory known as Highway 4. The ribbon-cutting and speeches near the Hillcrest Avenue overcrossing followed the actual completion of the widening project earlier this month when crews finished adding four lanes -- two in each direction -- to the final section of highway between the Lone Tree Way and Hillcrest Avenue exits. A worker ties rebar on the new bridge at Contra Loma and the Lone Tree section of Highway 4 construction in Antioch Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013.
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When Oakley mom Maria Martinez was looking for baby gear for her youngest daughter, she became a frequent visitor of swap sites on social media to stock the nursery and play area of her home. For example, she was able to buy all of her infant's gently used or new toys on the sites for a few bucks each and that would have cost her three or four times that amount at a store.
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It's not often that owls and lions get together, but that's what happened recently when Mary Casey Black Elementary students were treated to a show of art. Led by Sandy Chaput, a group of Liberty High students painted owls -- the Brentwood school's mascot -- on the playground walls.
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Staff and campers wait to film a court scene at Travolta's Summer Inclusion Film Camp for children and young adults with Autism held on the campus of St. Mary's College in Moraga, Calif., on Thursday, July 7, 2016. The two week summer camp lead by Joey Travolta actor, director, former special education teacher and brother of John Travolta along with Lafayette-based Futures Explored, Inc. provides campers age 9-23 an opportunity to learn first hand the process of making a short film.
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The victim said he was approached by three men in theirs 20s on Homecoming Way when an argument escalated between them, according to a news release from Brentwood police. The suspect reportedly attacked the victim, who sustained two deep wounds on his legs and a stab wound to the middle of his back.
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The fire district serving far East Contra Costa County will be asking voters in November whether they want to retain an appointed board of nine at-large directors or choose the leadership themselves. East Contra Costa Fire District's board decided to put the matter to its constituents in a 6-1 vote this week.
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The East Contra Costa Fire District responded with all three of its engines, and received mutual aid assistance from fire stations in Antioch. But in the middle of fighting the Brentwood fire, those two Antioch-based fire engines were released to return to Antioch to fight a five-alarm fire.
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Progress continues on the new Brentwood Library, with hearings scheduled before the Planning Commission and the City Council for the final design package. We should be hearing shortly about where our temporary digs will be during construction.
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The two-day Harvest Time Festival will stay the course it set three years ago, emphasizing small-town charm and connecting local families to the area's rich agricultural heritage, said festival organizer and Harvest Time Vice President Jessica Stonebarger. With a commitment to local fare, the 2016 festival features not only local farms and goods, all the bands for 2016 have at least one East Contra Costa County member, she said.
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A homeowner was hospitalized, a firefighter injured and a Brentwood home destroyed in the last of a string of fires in Contra Costa County on Saturday that spread crews thin and left them weary on a day when temperatures reached the high 90s. Medics treated and released the firefighter for a heat-related injury, Fire Chief Hugh Henderson of the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District said.
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A homeowner was hospitalized, a firefighter injured and a Brentwood home destroyed in the last of a string of fires in Contra Costa County on Saturday that spread crews thin and left them weary on a day when temperatures reached the high 90s. Medics treated and released the firefighter for a heat-related injury, Fire Chief Hugh Henderson of the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District said.
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While U-pick berries, Livermore wine grapes and Brentwood sweet corn may be most people's mental image of East Bay agriculture, Contra Costa and Alameda counties produce a wide variety of crops and livestock -- and in a wide array of settings. And even with the explosion of new subdivisions and strip malls in the early 2000s, and despite the drought after that, ag's various guises remain a key economic driver in both counties after almost 200 years.
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